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- From Salon, a New Declaration of Independence. “The austerity sages are considered the most serious and wise in all of the nation by our corporate press, which defines “the center” of every national political debate as “whatever the elites want.”
- Occupy Toronto now has yurts! Say what you will about yurt-dwelling hippies, but I bet most occupiers would appreciate a yurt or two.
- The Weeping Tangerine weighs in on OWS. “I understand people’s frustrations,” Boehner said during an appearance at the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville.” [Note how all of the politicians are using the word "frustrations." Someone somewhere must have done some sort of focus-group messaging test.]
- After dozens of arrests both Friday and Saturday night at Occupy Nashville, surprisingly, there were no arrests Sunday night. Other good news from Nashville – the ACLU is filing a lawsuit to stop the arrests at Legislative Plaza.
- 50 cent joins the OWS fight. “I want to shout out to Occupy Wall Street groups around the world. You are waking up the world, including me. Please keep up the peaceful protest, you are making a difference.”
- The Portland Police Department is posting pics and names of the occupiers they arrested onto Facebook. I don’t know if it’s just bizarre or some pathetic attempt at intimidation.
- Here’s a wonderful article from TomDispatch.com.
- Ron Paul says the occupations are all about “handouts.” Sigh.
- Here’s a video from Occupy Denver from right before the police violence began on Saturday, and here’s a really great photogallery.
- TYT posted a new video about the CEO of Bank of America’s hurt feelers.
- This is really cool. “Knitters for the 99%” on Facebook.
- What Obama should be saying about Scott Olsen: Video. Also about Oakland, an article from businessinsider: Marine Says Oakland Used Crowd Control Methods That Are Prohibited In War Zones.
- Some of the best, most comprehensive, and thoughtful coverage of OWS has been coming from Nathan Schneider at Waging Nonviolence, and today he writes about the importance of the planned general strike in Oakland.
- Video: “Voices of #OccupyDetroit – Jerry”
- Here’s an article about last night’s bulldozer raid at Occupy Richmond. Here’s a pic taken by an occupier as it happened.
- Interesting video about the arrests at Occupy Portland.
- Unreal. Top US foreclosure law firm threw a Halloween party where staff dressed as homeless, foreclosed-upon Americans.
- Video: Keep Wall Street Occupied
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This is an interesting article that names the officers who were involved in the attack on Scott Olsen. I don’t know anything about the source, FWIW.
Also, Longshoremen will be joining the Oakland’s General Strike. They hope to shut down the ports on the West Coast.
I posted this in one of the other threads. It belongs here because you can bet the usual suspects will be hopping all over it.
News9.com: Occupy OKC Protester Found Dead In Tent In Downtown OKC
That’s all that has been disclosed so far.
Thanks for posting that. How awful.
Oh, god.
Short video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWB5_eCNAjY
Occupy Raleigh general assembly
Woot!
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20111031/NEWS03/111031013/Federal-judge-orders-TN-stop-arresting-Occupy-Nashville-protesters?odyssey=mod%7Cbreaking%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE
Jeff Woods, Nashville Scene: State Concedes Defeat For Now in Occupy Nashville Battle; Judge Bans More Arrests
Athena1 – check this one out.
These teachers are heroes.
Letter to editor in The State (Columbia SC) 10/31/2011:
Occupy Atlanta:
Good call. Otherwise, tonight would probably be inapproriately festive.
Occupy Birmingham: Video from 10/28/2011 interaction with police
Occupy Mississippi:
Some of the folks who are at Occupy Mississippi went to Occupy New Orleans over the this past weekend. Look on the Occupy Mississippi FB page for their report. And remember that it’s just one viewpoint.
Occupy Little Rock in the Arkansas State Capitol
Visiting, not occupying.
CBS6: Occupy Richmond eviction
Well, that’s what my friend who was in NOLA all month said, too. I feel really bad for the small but dedicated core group who really want to make it a “real” occupation. Supposedly, it’s actually gotten a lot better over the last month.
I was just hearing Michael Moore speaking at Occupy Portland. Just before he got there, personnel from DHS, the county sheriff’s office (Multnomah County) and Portland police were there and are still there (marked and unmarked vehicles, SUV and van) as tents have been pitched on the Federal property of Terry Schrunk Plaza (area marked General Assembly on the map). NLG legal observers are on-site and two local television station video crews (e.g. KATU & FOX). The word at the current assembly of people is that riot police are staged under the Hawthorne Bridge but I was not able to verify that with my own eyes.
Here’s the verification of police under the Hawthorne Bridge:
Oh, and happy #OccupyHalloween, everyone! I took my OccupyKids and some neighborhood kids trick o’ treating tonight (we drove to a better neighborhood. lol). Just got back a little while ago.
Ha. You know what’s funny is that I know people in New Zealand who are new to Halloween who feel that way about the tradition. They’re like “What sort of values are people teaching their children by adopting this practice? Where kids ring on a strangers’ doorbell expecting a handout??”
lol.
LOL
http://yfrog.com/kl3v7zoj
This is cute, too:
http://smalltruck.tumblr.com/post/12180385865/occupyhalloween-vampires-are-the-1
athena1, did you by chance see the Faith in Memphis series of clergy reflections about Occupy Wall Street that I put up in the Fri-Sat State of the Occupation thread? It might be helpful to Occupy Memphis’s outreach efforts.
No, I didn’t.
http://twitpic.com/79426r
Hillbilly Report: Senator Mitch McConnell And The University Of Louisville Deny Protesters Their 1st Amendment Rights
Occupy Louisville sign for John Boehner:
Oh, cool! Rage against the Machine at Occupy Vancouver tonight, while a cow plays with a dog.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwxmCM3qOUc&feature=channel_video_title
Bad stuff going on at OccupyLSX tonight. Latest tweet:
Yet another one of those comments we need a ‘like’ button for.
LSX = London, right?
Ha, that video is so cool I’d “like” my own comment! lol.
London Stock Exchange, yes.
REALLY good Countdown from tonight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqTbcL5C3Ko&feature=youtu.be
Jeannie Hartley was the person who was briefing protesters in Denver about the decisions that they had to make when the line of riot police were keeping them from the destruction of their personal gear being put into a garbage truck. She also walked the line of riot police and gave a little homily about the difference between violence and non-violent and that one could not be a “little bit violent”. She challenged the riot police to think about how they would view their actions when they went home that night. It was an awesome address.
The woman from the #occupyDenver media team gave a wonderful interview.
http://www.news9.com/story/15917745/occupy-okc-protester-found-dead-in-tent
UPDATED:
“Occupy OKC released the following statement on the death of the protestor.
“Occupy OKC is saddened by the passing of one of the participants camping at Kerr Park in Oklahoma City earlier this afternoon. Known simply as ‘The Poet,’ he was a very friendly and outgoing person. Known to be homeless, Occupy OKC provided him with food, clothing, and shelter. At a Candlelight Vigil last night to honor first responders, The Poet delivered a powerful poetic commentary about the complexities of homelessness and drug abuse, and the system’s failure to adequately deal with these issues. The Poet was found dead in his tent at Kerr Park earlier this afternoon by other participants. Police and emergency personnel were immediately contacted. Occupy OKC is withholding information concerning The Poet’s identity pending notification of his family by authorities. Police are currently at the scene investigating his cause of death which is presently unknown and Occupy OKC is in full cooperation with their investigation. Occupy OKC has been actively cooperating with the Oklahoma City Police Department to ensure the safety of all participants at the Kerr Park occupation.”
According to Occupy OKC, all their scheduled events on Monday have been canceled.”
The UK is a bit ahead of the US on the path to a police & surveillance state.
But I’m sure we seem to be closing the gap on that criterion.
Here’s something I picked up on the comment thread about the Ron Paul quote linked in the roundup:
“The sad issue with this article is MSNBC or the main stream media in general has marginalized or discredited Dr. Paul, and the OWS movement. Now with one huge brush they have managed to paint both negatively.”
Which was of course the purpose of it?
Wow!
Follow-up on something from a few days back:
“NYPD mum on cops allegedly hurt in OWS
A police union official claims over 20 officers have been injured in the protests — but he won’t give details”
http://www.salon.com/2011/10/31/nypd_mum_on_cops_allegedly_hurt_in_ows/singleton/#comments
“Gandhi meets Monty Python: The comedic turn in nonviolent tactics”
http://wagingnonviolence.org/2011/10/gandhi-meets-monty-python-the-comedic-turn-in-nonviolent-tactics/
Yeah, maybe, but Dr Paul still owns that quote.
“11 simple ways to support the occupy movement without sleeping in a park”
https://iamlaurenleonardi.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/eleve-simple-ways-to-support-the-occupy-movement-without-sleeping-in-a-park/
Follow-up on another thing from a few days past:
“Goldman Sachs Intensifies Threat on Credit Union”
http://www.gregpalast.com/goldman-sux-giant-squid-strikes-again-at-occupy-wall-streets-credit-union/#more-4893
barclay_shields Barclay Shields
in a huge national conference call with Occupy people across the country. #occupyphilly #occupytogether
3 hours ago
OccupyColleges OccupyColleges
How are you preparing for your teach-ins on Nov 2nd and 3rd?
10 minutes ago
“Occupy Philly releases first letter to city”
http://www.metro.us/philadelphia/comment/article/1011184–occupy-philly-releases-first-letter-to-city
Philly may bear watching in a week or two as the city “snuck in” an expiration date on their permit.
OccupyWSP OccupyWSP
Nationwide & Worldwide Occupations Report: ow.ly/1zAgr5
#ows #occupytogether #occupyeverything
3 minutes ago
http://www.occupytogether.org/2011/10/31/the-occupations-report-1031/
http://occupybulletin.org/about
“Send a message and it will be posted to this site and through the RSS feed to Occupation Sites everywhere.
When an Occupation cries out for help, for support, for solidarity; we will hear it.
When the media halts news coverage of police brutally destroying an occupation; we will see it.
When our brothers and sisters around the world need our help, we will feel it.”
revolution_info Révolutions Info
#15O Occupy Portland: Federal officials tell protesters no camping in Schrunk Plaza – OregonLive… bit.ly/veSBB6
#OccupyTogether
4 minutes ago
they set up tents on a space under Federal ownership…
To Dave Gosztola:
Just dropped by (midnight 11/02/11)Occupy Erie via LiveStream. It’s a small outpost of #OWS, and right now they are under a gazebo being pelted by the icy wind blasting off of Lake Erie. These folks are strong, determined, but poor. They have much need of help:
Coffee, sleeping bags, wool socks, tarps, heaters, tables, printer, milk crates, large totes to hold blankets and other goods out of rain and snow, hats, scarves, wool gloves, hand and foot warmers, snow shovels and salt, lots of water, chairs, cushions and snuggies!!
Some cash would be good, too.
As a result of viewing “WikiLeaks, Whistleblowing & the Global Revolution Panel – Listen Now,” I also learned about RevolutionTruth.Org and, by a turn of fortunate events, was able to attend this evening’s event. Moore was ecstatic and had many encouraging things to say including that the #Occupy movement gives us all a chance to save this democracy that presently hangs by a thread. Occupy Everywhere!
That’s wonderful!
Re Toronto, CA :
Re London, UK:
The Occupy LSX live stream ( http://www.livestream.com/occupylsx ) is up and broadcasting. Charlie Veitch provided a bit of banter.
“Occupy London responds to resignation of the Dean of St Paul’s” | Posted on October 31, 2011 by occupylsx
Re Portland, OR:
Re Portland, OR:
Re Portland, OR:
Re Portland, OR:
Protest song: “We Stand As One (#occupywallstreet)” by Joseph Arthur
Photos: Michael Moore talks to Occupy Portland | Demotix.Com | in Politics, on the 31st of October 2011
I spoke with a bit older couple who came. They were articulate with the markers of folks who at some point had been upper middle class. The gentleman said they were proud to have marched in the front of the parade the first day of Occupy Portland and that they had demonstrated at one of the too-big-to-fail banks that day. She said she had also thought about risking arrest for the principle of it until she saw how the police physically treated the demonstrators. She had hip replacements and their family could not afford for her to have a medical incident. We talked a bit about how those not physically able to take such direct actions can instead financially support others doing so including providing trained legal observers. They seemed please with the new ideas and had to get up to keep walking due to her physical condition.
A view of Portland City Hall from the Federal property, Terry Schrunk Plaza (camp #3), which is also occupied by vets:
“Xtranormal Explains The European Non-Bailout Best – With A Cartoon” | Posted on October 30, 2011 by maxkeiser
Videos, Portland, OR:
“Pink Martini, Storm Large and Occupy Portland: This Land is Our Land Rally (Oct. 28, 2011)
“Michael Moore at Occupy Portland” (Oct. 31, 2011)
10 million US homes in foreclosure: Michael Moore at Powell’s (Burnside store) in Portland, OR (Oct. 31, 2011)
Re Mumbai, India:
Re Portland, OR:
Re Portland, OR:
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Re Oakland, CA:
Re Portland, OR:
Clinton did it.
Re Portland, OR:
RICHARD L. FRICKER, Oklahoma Observer: Death Of A Poet
Re Portland, OR:
Occupy Columbia (SC) marches for something — local businesses.
And against the bigboxification of America.
Re Portland, OR:
BBL.
Good morning, freedom lovers. Thanks yet again to the usual wonderful suspects for maintaining the information flow.
Intimidation works:
The Tennessean: Occupy Nashville 10.31.2011 photo set
Occupy Miami
Occupy Miami: Bank of America march
Occupy Miami: “Down with the banks”
Occupy Miami at Bank of America
Occupy Columbia: Visit from Occupy Aiken
Don’t even try to tie the two together. Paul is a fool just take a look at his kid.
Occupy Augusta GA
Solidarity from Harrisonburg, VA
Occupy Atlanta Press Release about November 5: This is Our Park
A sample of the Occupy Atlanta press release:
I do believe that this might well be the first wave of the revolution:
ADAM NAGOURNEY, New York Times: Dissenting, or Seeking Shelter? Homeless Stake a Claim at Protests
Yes, it’s AdNags, but the reports come from the folks listed at the bottom of the article.
And this is what AdNags is really up to:
The DFH narrative continues. But so does the revolution.
Thanks TD for all your efforts.
YW, klynn
Occupy Savannah: Batman visits
Occupy NOLA forms political action committee (PAC)
WOW.
I’m really starting to take notice of this new, perhaps cosmic motif as one of Moore’s assistance was wearing a t-shirt displaying it.
Photo of a protest sign: “We are the Nyan Nyan Percent”
More photos: “20 Cleverest Occupy Wall Street Signs” | Posted By: Dan Borrelli on 10.25.11
My thanks to you too ath1!
KRTV: Occupy Helena gains momentum
Kim Briggeman, Missoulian: Occupy Missoula adopts declaration to let ‘voices be heard’
The Declaration of Missoula
KQTV: http://www.ktvq.com/news/occupy-billings-rallies-for-less-money-in-politics/
Judy Hagerott, Sheridan Media.com: Occupy Sheridan (WY)
Planet News: From Wall Street to Broadway (Occupy Jackson WY)
Laurie Swenson, The Bemidji Pioneer: Occupy 1st City on Mississippi: Local protesters protest corporate economic power
Jeff Hansel, Post-Bulletin: Occupy Rochester (MN) continues protest
Katie Coughenour, WXOW: Occupy La Crosse (WI)
WGBA: Occupy Appleton (WI)
Rachel Hanson, The Pointer: Occupy Stevens Point
Northlands Newscenter: Occupy Duluth Flips Flag
OT but in the spirit of solidarity:
Just an hour or so ago saw a convoy of electric utility trucks from Wisconsin roll into town here… I was lucky power was only out a few hours for me, but many thousands in the area will still be out for days.
Just like to channel thanks to those who drove across several states to come help us out here.
OccupyBrisbane is getting evicted.
OccupyTulsa might be getting evicted, too.
I think the City of Tulsa might soon be invoking this ordinance:
Occupy Richmond: When hell broke loose: My personal account of the raid on Kanawha Plaza
Avi Lewis‘ and Naomi Klein‘s film, The Take, is freely viewable here.
Occupy Houston Corporate House of Horrors
Look at this!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/blackberry/p.html?id=1069596
DANNY SCHECHTER, Paltalk News Network: Occupy Wall Street a threat to news media
Enid (OK) News: The Right Movement
Smart girl, that Alexa O’Brian.
Gothamist: Stephen Colbert Infiltrates Occupy Wall Street Movement
{ bwa ha ha ha ha! } After that, no one has an excuse to say they don’t know what the Occupy movement is about.
Occupy Virgina Beach:
Where Pat Robertson is the 1%.
Pat Robertson is soooo one of the 1%. Especially make note of the blood diamonds and gold.
Attention Occupy Columbia Livestream Viewers! We will be streaming our march to the City Council starting at 5:15pm!
LOL!
LS- Occupy Columbia are livestreaming from a City Council committee meeting considering a downtown Walmart. Occupy Columbia has 50 people who just marched through downtown Columbia chanting their support for local businesses and their opposition to WalMart.
This is cool.
Occupy Columbia is at the City Council meeting, sitting as quiet as mice. But…they are doing jazz fingers when there is something that they agree with and downward jazz fingers when there is something they disagree with. The City Council has given individuals from Occupy Columbia the opportunity to speak on the Walmart issue under the same rules as everyone else in the public hearing.
There have been positive references from those not Occupying Columbia to the good attitude that they have had.
Chris Davis, KRMG: Occupy Tulsa tent campers will be asked to move
Occupy Tulsa livestream
Expecting Occupy Tulsa to be evicted around 11pm Tulsa time.
LS-Tulsa
Taking down tents and removing personal property. The civil disobedience will likely be a park closure violation.
Is Tulsa Central time?
The Google says yes.
LS – OKC
Informal remembrance of the life of the Poet, who died in a tent yesterday. One person honored him by playing Taps from his cell phone. More eulogies.
LS – Tulsa
Both the local Fox affiliate and Channel 8 have conducted interviews with Occupy Tulsa. The media working group had two infantry veterans talk to the reporters.
Occupy Raleigh
LS – Tulsa
This is now a familiar drill. Folks not risking arrest (occupying permanently no matter what) are moving their stuff and themselves to the sidewalk. Livestream has moved out of arrest area. The folks who have decided to occupy permanently are moving into a circle, back-to-back and linking arms.
Tulsa police scanner activity currently re a medical emergency.
Re Portland, OR:
Occupy Gainesville: Radical Cheerleaders flash mob
I like that. Great catch, TarheelDem.
I’d like to see Occupy in the Philippines but what a brutal, repressive mess we’ve made of it since we showed up.
LS-Tulsa
About a dozen permanent occupiers sitting in a circle.
Mood is generally punchy. “They’re coming to take us away. Hee hee. Ho ho.” Asking if the cops are going to come with their sirens on. “We’re dangerous; we’re thinking for ourselves.”
LS – Tulsa
Three TPD officers.
“We’re here to talk to y’all about curfew issues…”
LS-Tulsa
Police invoked the ordinance. Occupy Tulsa made their statement asserting the First Amendment.
The police drove off.
For snow people – you know that rain-cross-over-to-snow that’s like little frozen bbs but not hail?
That’s what it’s doing tonight in Denver right now – bad conditions for the Denver Occupiers. Only going to get to about 34 for the high tomorrow and by the end of the day maybe we have about 6 inches of snow.
Just harsh conditions.
Houston City Hall
That’s what we call “winter”.
Best to the Denver Occupiers. Their resilience is helping the movement.
LOL!
Well, flaky fluffy snow is just not as MEAN as that little nasty-spirited hard bb snow. It’s just that volatile time of year flipping around the freezing temperature zone. Tougher to cope with in some ways.
LS- Occupy Tulsa
Read a declaration of occupation and renaming Centennial Plaza as Solidarity Square.
Car alarm goes off. “Put the keys in the door.” hollered by occupiers.
Occupy Tulsa invited the media to stick around until the police came back.
Next– Occupy Northern Marianas Islands (and Marshall Islands, Palau, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands).
The Tibetans are trying to #Occupy in Tibet, Nepal and India but they’re in the corporations way of the resources to be extracted. These officially stateless people could use your support and assistance in whatever form you can bring it (e.g. Tibet Society, Tibet Society of South Africa):
China’s Running-Dog Attacks Tibetan Protest
Action For Tibetan Political Prisoners
As there is a #OccupyWallStreet, there’s no mistake there’s #OccupyDalalStreet (Mumbia, India), #OccupyTaipei, #OccupyHongKong and #OccupyBeijing.
“China Sends Artist $2.4 million Tax Bill” | By AP / GILLIAN WONG Tuesday, Nov. 01, 2011
Occupying the steps of the Houston City Hall
Occupy Raleigh has hammocks
Gary Strauss, USA TODAY: Former Marine’s injury spurs vets to join Occupy movement
Uh-oh re Iceland and it’s struggle to be free of the bankstas. Birgitta Jonsdottir will be on Max Keiser next week to talk about it.
It’s sure taking the Tulsa PD a long time to decide what to do. I guess I’ll leave it with the West Coast folks and hit the sack. Still no word on whether anything went down in Omaha.
The Ustream video stream wasn’t live last I looked.
Looking for an update now … Rest well!
This is what I have right now:
“Omaha police tell protesters to leave” | By Robyn Wisch, KVNO News | November 1st, 2011
Occupy Omaha appears quiet at the moment.
KVNO News (local mainstream media) story on the current (*cough*) reform effort of the Nebraska child welfare system.
From the Tulsa live stream ( http://www.justin.tv/tulsaslick#/w/2002311872 ):
Police armed with rubber bullets and ready to fire.
From the Tulsa live stream ( http://www.justin.tv/tulsaslick#/w/2002311872 ):
Closing off the park. 4 SWAT vans en route. 50 police cars on 7th Street.
From the Tulsa live stream ( http://www.justin.tv/tulsaslick#/w/2002311872 ):
Police pepper-sprayed seated, peaceful demonstrators.
Re Occupy Tulsa from http://occupyallstreets.tumblr.com/post/12231806296/breaking-the-city-of-tulsa-has-shut-off-the :
Tulsa, Oklahoma police brutality recorded:
“occupytulsa with swat and 50 cop cars closing in” | 1,235 views | November 2 2011
Correction: There’s a 3rd part to “Iceland Revolution Project – Interview with Birgitta Jónsdóttir.” Here are all 3 parts:
Iceland Revolution Project – Interview with Birgitta Jónsdóttir
Iceland Revolution Project – Interview with Birgitta Jónsdóttir – Part 2
Iceland Revolution Project – Interview with Birgitta Jónsdóttir – Part 3
Re Anchorage, AK:
Julian Assange loses appeal against extradition (Guardian.Co.UK, Nov. 2, 2011)
Things are chill (he he!) re Anchorage, AK for now:
NLG LO and attorney on-site. Getting pizza now.
Re Ireland:
Re Oakland, CA:
FYI, Ohio folks:
Re Nashville, TN:
People vow demonstrations at the 2011 G-20 in Cannes, FR | Democracy Now | Nov. 2, 2011
Attention:
Re Rochester, NY:
I can verify the need discussed in the following and just watched Anchorage struggle with the issue this morning with temperatures in the teens:
Can #OccupySupply address this? It’s critical path stuff (especially see my transcripts herein regarding Tulsa, OK).
IMO dynamite coverage by Democracy Now this morning.
+1,913 viewers.
This is still the jeopardy for Assange with respect to Sweden, home of BP corporate officer, Carl-Henric Svanberg.
Another reminder of the history we already know: